The Day after Oblivion

By: Tim Washburn

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

And so it begins....

In the United States, the Department of Defense and the NSA computer networks have been hacked. A nuclear-armed CIA drone has lost all flight control. North Korea...Iran...Russia...and soon the gates of Hell will open.

Defcon 1 - Full Scale Nuclear War

Humanity's most terrifying nightmare has become reality. Bombs are detonated, missiles are launched, counterstrikes are ordered, and within minutes, untold thousands of megatons have left countless millions dead or dying. Devastation of biblical proportions has fallen over the land...and the USA has been hit the hardest.

Now the survivors are on their own....

The death toll is incalculable. Following the devastation, there is no law, no power, no communication. But there are survivors. And now the real battle begins, on the ground, hand to hand, person to person. Can those who remain survive long enough to rebuild a world...or will it just take a little longer for them to die?

©2018 Tim Washburn (P)2018 Tantor

Typical cookie cutter story

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This book was average. Nothing truly imaginative. The typical, bad thing happens and the majority of the world goes mad max almost overnight. I could of use a little more character development or story. Overall, average.

Would you be willing to try another book from Tim Washburn? Why or why not?

I would give Washburn another try. His writing style is excellent and flows well and is easy to listen too.

meh

Unnecessarily sexist in its male saviors of incapable women and teens. overuse of the word "shuffling" to describe people's movements. Narrator's accents were terrible.

very good book.

this book makes you realize how bad the world would be if there was a nuclear war.

Not great, not bad

The end is just… BAM done. I feel like there wasn’t much for resolution to all of the conflict within the story. Others have stated they didn’t like the narrator, I didn’t mind him. I have heard much worse. As far as story, if this was truly a survival situation, I feel that there was not nearly enough “scavenging” of resources making it unbelievable. Guns and ammo will be in short supply and between all characters they left an arsenal just lay without simply picking them up. Overall, not a terrible story and decent for the genre.

A lot of storylines

It was a good book. I think there were too many storylines although it was kind of neat when some of them merged towards the end. I think Joe Barrett is a great narrator but his performance wasn't nearly as good for this book as it was for one second after. There was a decent amount of action and the storylines at Sea were different enough from atypical apocalyptic stories that it made this an interesting read. The author either did a lot of homework or was aboard a submarine for a while and was able to draw on that experience.

It ain't no 1 second after.

Story line is slow at first, then picks up pace pretty quick.
It almost felt like a old wooden rollercoaster being bounced around from story line to story line so often. Overall, great book and couldn't stop listening to it. I'd definitely buy it again and listen to anything Joe Barrett narrates.

Narrator annoys but doesn’t unravel solid story

Overall, this is well worth your time. The story is interesting and the structure allows for a wide view of post-apocalypse life. However, the idea of one narrator attempting to portray every character almost drives the listener away. Particularly irritating is the fact that within the span of a few seconds, he alternates between male and female voices. C’mon people, feel free to hire at least two narrators, one of each sex. By the end of the story I felt a strong urge to work a spin kick off the forehead of this guy. Having said that, the storyline is solid, if not predictable with all of the typical one dimensional post-apocalypse characters present. I would have liked to have seen more conflicted souls rather than pure evil or pure goodness. It is worth your time, but don’t expect it to deviate from a well worn story arc. I give this story three-and-a-half stars out of five.

Entertaining but naive

Interesting story line but you will be shaking your head every time the main characters fail to save resources or salvage what they need.

Dr. A

Awesome read!

Gripping, compelling! Realistic with great plot and character development. Was left wanting for more. Terrific!

Love the pre-apocalyptic part of the story

In addition, I really enjoyed the high level view of the military operations and technology behind the power stuff. For that alone (the education value) I’ll buy the next one!